CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL CUTTACK BENCH OA No. 73 OF 2021 Reserved on :16.12.2025 Pronounced on :17.12.2025 Coram : Hon’ble Mr. Sudhi Ranjan Mishra, Member (J)

Hon’ble Mr. Pramod Kumar Das, Member (A)

1. Ajit Kumar Dwivedy, aged about 42 years, Son of Sri Gananath Dwivedy, presently working as Chief Commercial Clerk, under Station Manager, East Coast Railway, Talcher, PO Talcher, Dist Angul PIN 759100, permanent resident of Fakir Mohan Nagar, PO/Dist Balasore, PIN 756021, Odisha.

……Applicant VERSUS

1. Union of India represented the General Manager, East Coast Railway, Rail Sadan, PO Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar -751017, Dist Khurda.

2. The Principal Chief Personnel Officer, East Coast Railway, Rail Sadan, PO Chandrasekharpur, Bhubaneswar -751017, Dist Khurda.

3. The Divisional Railway Manager, East Coast Railway, Khurda Road Division, At/PO Jatni, Dist Khurda 752050.

4. Senior Divisional Commercial Manager, East Coast Railway, Khurda Road Division, At/PO Jatni, Dist Khurda 752050

5. Shri DP Jena, Inquiry Officer-cum-Divisional Commercial Manager, East Coast Railway, Khurda Road Division, At/PO Jatni, Dist Khurda 752050 ……Respondents For the applicant : Mr. N R Routray,2 c ounsel For